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Postgraduate study at SAMS

Overview

Our postgraduates are an integral part of SAMS

Overview

Postgraduate students are a vital component of the life and activities at the SAMS. Currently we offer two options for Masters level study, and host approximately 25 PhD students. Staff furthermore act as (co-)supervisors for research students (both MSc and PhD) registered at other universities. While most of our research students study full-time, we also host a number of part-time students who are sometimes sponsored by their employers to conduct their research degrees.

PhD

Doctoral studies at the SAMS cover most marine science sub-disciplines with projects in areas including:

Marine renewable energy

Physical oceanography

Climate processes

Marine ecology - from coastal to deep sea

Arctic seas and sea ice dynamics

Modelling

Marine policy and governance

Aquaculture and fisheries

Microbial and molecular biology

Sediment geochemistry

Palaeoceanography

Biogeochemistry

Current PhD opportunities at SAMS

New fully funded MASTS PhD project: Impacts of basin-scale forcing on the circulation of the Faroe Shetland Channel - See more at: http://10.222.1.20:8080/smi/education/postgraduate#sthash.oL4Vf6Mp.dpuf

New fully funded MASTS PhD project: Impacts of basin-scale forcing on the circulation of the Faroe Shetland Channel - See more at: http://10.222.1.20:8080/smi/education/postgraduate#sthash.oL4Vf6Mp.dpuf

Some ideas for potential self-funded projects at SAMS can be accessed here...

If you have an interest in becoming a PhD student at SAMS, please contact us.

Testimonials

What our postgraduate research students say about studying at SAMS...

"One of the things that attracted me to SAMS is that various disciplines of marine science are under one roof. Whilst I still have the support and encouragement of a very strong marine physics group and fellow oceanography students, I share an office with, and interact with ecologists, microbiologists, marine geologists, policy experts and chemists."